Shoe-buffer.



W. R. LANDY.

SHOE BUFFER. APPLIOATION FILED MAY a1, 1913.

1, 1 1 5,468. Patented 001;. 27, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 2r, i914.

Application led May 31, 1913. Serial No. 770,904. n v

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, YVILLIAM R. LANDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Slioe-Buflers, of which the following is a specification.

rIliis invention has for its object the productionl of a simple' andineXpensive shoe buffer which is adapted to be effective in operation and upon which the polishingy material is flexibly` supported and any slack may be taken up from time to time and also the provision of a handle on the buer in which the polishing` material and brushes may be kept when not in use.

Further objects and improved details of construction will-be apparent from the following description and the particular novelty of the invention will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective of the invention the cover on the handle being illustrated in partly l open' position; Fig. 2 is a plan of the invention; Fig. 3 is a cross section through the-median portion of the device and Fig. l is a section'of a detail.

ln the drawing A indicates a handle and B a removable cover, said parts cooperating togethei1 to form an oblong receptacle. The body of the handle is mounted upon a quadrilateral frame 2 made of metal wire or other suitable material to which the side edges 3 and l of a thin transversely disposed nietal plate are secured by bending over the wire. This plate is formed into two opposite sides 5 and@ and a licor 7 of said receptacle. To the end portions of the frame 2 two opposite ends 8 and 9 of a longitudinally disposed resilient plate 11 of metal or other suitable material are secured by turning the metal over said wire, said longitudinal plate being formed withsubstantially vertical ends forming walls 10 which serve to close the ends of said receptacle.

rlhe median portion 11 of the longitudinal plate is integral with the end walls 10 and downwardly like a bow below the floor of the handle and forms a resilient supporting surface for the polishing material C. The plate 11 corresponds substantially with the width of the handle and near the upper portion of each of its end walls 10 a pair of side flanges 12 are struck out and away from the body of the handle and form pivot supports in which clasps 13 ,c

are journaled.H

Each clasp has a handle portion 14 and a short jaw 15 set at an angle to said handle portion and havingv a serrated lower edge.

These ymembers are supported axially by end pivots 16 which project freely through the flanges 12 allowing the clasp to be turned down into` theL position illustrated in Fig. 4 to engage and hold in adjusted position the opposite ends of a strip of cloth 17 `or other suitable material upon the outer surface of which the strip of buifing material 18 is secured. The teeth of the jaw 15 engage the strip 17 and hold it tightly impinged against the outer surface of the end wall of the handle. The .strip of cloth 17 extends longitudinally over the lower surface ofthe resilient supporting plate 11 and has its side edges turned in at 19 to engage and hold said strip upon said resilient support.

The buffing material 128 isk made out of a strip yof sheeps skin with the wool on, or other suitable material, of substantially the same width as the resilient support 11 and is secured to the outer surface of the strip 17 by its ends being stitched at 20 or otherwise 'fastened'nthereto In use any slack which from time to time may occur in the polishing material and its supporting strip 17 may be taken up by adjusting the strip below the clasps on the opposite ends of the handle. The body of the handle has its cover secured thereto by inturned side flanges 21 which project downwardly over the side portions 3 and 4 of the frame 2. The frame 2, cover B, resilient supporting plate 11, and strips 17 and 18 converge longitudinally in the same direction, whereby lthe cover may be placed over the top of the handle in the position illustrated in Fig. 1 and then slidl forward until its inturned edges 21 engage the frame 2 when the cover is fully closed. The tapering of the frame 2 and cover as speciiied enables the cover to be adjusted to or removed from the handle without having to slide the cover the full length of the handle which is an advantage. y.

supporting strip 17 on the flexible `metal buifer supporting plate'll and said flexible plate ll serves to produce a resilient support for the buffer, the resiliency being increased by the outward spreading movement of plate ll which occurs .at the ends of the handle through the construction employed. This metal flexible plate l1 also performs the function of closing the ends` have described the principles of operationv of my invention together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof but I desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative andv that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other' than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is y l. A shoe buffer, comprising in combination, a handle having a quadrilateral frame, a transverse plate having endssecured to the sides of said frame and forming side walls and a iioor of a receptacle, a longitudinal plate secured by its ends to the ends of said frame and having end portions forming end walls of said receptacle and a body portion bowed down below said lioor from said end walls and forming a resilient support, buckles mounted upon said end walls, a flexible strip stretched over the outer surface of said longitudinal plate and secured in adjusted position by said buckles, and a strip of polishing material secured over the surface of said flexible strip.A

2. A shoe buHer, comprising in combination, a handle having a quadrilateral frame, a transverse plate having ends secured to the sides of said frame and forming side walls and a door of a receptacle, a longitudinal plate secured by its ends to the ends of said frame and having end portions forming end walls of said receptacle and a body portion bowed down below said floor from said end walls and forming a resilient support, a flexible'strip stretched over the outer surface of said longitudinal. plate and having side edges projecting up and inwardly over the side edges of said plate7 means for securing the ends of said strip to the end Walls of said receptacle and a strip of polishing material mounted upon the outer` surface of said lieXible strip.

3. A., shoe buffer, comprising in combination, a handle having a quadrilateral frame, a transverse plate having its ends secured to the sides of said frame and forming the sides and iioor of a receptacle, a longitudinal plate secured by its ends to the ends Vofl said frame and having end portions forming end walls of said receptacle and a body portion bowed down from said end walls below saidfloor and forming a resilient support, a flexible strip stretched over the outer surface of said longitudinal plate andV resiliently supported thereby, means for securing the ends of said strip to the end walls of said receptacle and a strip of polishing material secured over the outer surface ofvsaid flexible strip.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in 'the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

TWILLIAM R. LANDY.

l'Vitnesses: l f

Roer. E. BRADEN, H. L. FISCHER.

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